The Sports Bank.net is a webzine featuring commentaries on the most stimulating topics and interviews with some of the biggest names in sports. It was founded in 2007 by Paul M. Banks. In 2006, Banks was one of a group of twenty young American journalists selected to participate in a Fulbright fellowship in Berlin. In April 2007, he attended the Sports Journalism Summit II hosted by the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.

His work has been featured in numerous media outlets including FOX, CBS, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Midwest Book Review, and 670 The Score. Banks has also appeared as a guest commentator on Comcast Sports Net, Chicago Tribune RedEye, ESPN Radio, Sporting News Radio and cohost of the NFL Draft Blitz podcast. While a football beat reporter and sports columnist for the student daily at the University of Illinois, his work was regularly featured on ESPN.com. He also has an MBA from Loyola University Chicago.

Currently, Banks serves as a sports writer for NBC 5 Chicago’s website and as a news reporter for The Legal Record News Bulletin family of newspapers. He also free-lances regularly for a number of publications.

THESPORTSBANK.net STARTING LINEUP IS:

Founding Editor/Publisher/Ruling Despot- Paul M. Banks
 

 Executive Vice President/NBA Draft & Marquette Geek- David K.
 

 Fantasy Sports, Baseball and White Sox Expert/BFF to all mankind- The Soxman
 

 Chicago Bears, Bulls, Cubs & “Chick Stuff” expert/V.P. of Grammar Relations- Sarah Spain
 

 Cubs columnist/humorist/Crabby old man- Seymour Pennants 

Senior Writer/Hater of all things Neitzel- Peter Christian

Brewers Expert/Rock Star- Trenni Kusnierek
 

Lost Expert- Seth Grunlode
 

President of Operations, SICA Branch office- Jason Moe

Solid ‘off the bench minutes’ come from

Daniel Bonderman, Andy Weise, Jeremy Zuleger, Dan Biederman, Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson, Bill Port, Quentin, Professor B.

Many TSB contributions are written under a pen name by very accomplished journalists in the mainstream media. Their identity shall always remain confidential.